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单词 docker
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Definition of docker in English:

docker

noun ˈdɒkəˈdɑkər
  • A person employed in a port to load and unload ships.

    码头工人

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1995 some 500 dockers were sacked for taking solidarity action with workers employed by a minor dockyard contractor.
    • The dockers known as longshoremen are part of this powerful and progressive union on the West Coast of the US.
    • Around 10, 500 US dockers have been locked out of ports along the US West Coast for resisting the bosses' attacks.
    • The dockers refused to load the ship and prevented it from sailing.
    • They were mistrustful of the old labor hierarchy that had lost the power and will to improve the lives of rank-and-file dockers and sailors.
    • At one point 16,000 dockers organised mobile pickets and closed the docks along the Thames.
    • But, whatever the outcome, it is certain to have a huge impact on both the life of the docker and the future of their work at the port from thereon in.
    • His pictures split and shimmy from one group of people to another, whether it's miners, dockers or shipbuilders.
    • A powerful half-page photo showed gaunt, desperate-looking London dockers queuing at the dock gate in a dim half-light.
    • In South Wales dockers refused to unload coal, and train drivers refused to move it.
    • Business became so bad that many dockers lost their jobs and the number of ships sailing to and from British ports dwindled to almost nothing.
    • The dockers stopped nearly all work at the port.
    • That, he said, would involve dockers and all other unionised workers in Belview Port.
    • In the old basin, where ships were once unloaded by wind-burnt dockers, there are now cafes, shops, and a growing number of tourist attractions.
    • When the stewards were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the industrial action spread to include dockers, who closed the port of Belfast.
    • Many of them were dockers who carried heavy loads of cargo while rushing in a great hurry.
    • He said that he was still concerned over the future of the jobs of dockers and others relying on ships coming into the harbour.
    • In 1919, dockers in the city of Seattle refused to load arms for use against the recent Russian Revolution.
    • The day before the threatened jailing unofficial strikes hit most ports, pulling out some 35,000 dockers.

Rhymes

blocker, chocker, Fokker, interlocker, locker, mocha, mocker, ocker, quokka, rocker, saltimbocca, shocker, soccer, stocker

Definition of docker in US English:

docker

nounˈdäkərˈdɑkər
  • another term for longshoreman
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His pictures split and shimmy from one group of people to another, whether it's miners, dockers or shipbuilders.
    • In the old basin, where ships were once unloaded by wind-burnt dockers, there are now cafes, shops, and a growing number of tourist attractions.
    • A powerful half-page photo showed gaunt, desperate-looking London dockers queuing at the dock gate in a dim half-light.
    • He said that he was still concerned over the future of the jobs of dockers and others relying on ships coming into the harbour.
    • Around 10, 500 US dockers have been locked out of ports along the US West Coast for resisting the bosses' attacks.
    • The dockers known as longshoremen are part of this powerful and progressive union on the West Coast of the US.
    • The dockers refused to load the ship and prevented it from sailing.
    • Business became so bad that many dockers lost their jobs and the number of ships sailing to and from British ports dwindled to almost nothing.
    • In 1995 some 500 dockers were sacked for taking solidarity action with workers employed by a minor dockyard contractor.
    • In South Wales dockers refused to unload coal, and train drivers refused to move it.
    • The day before the threatened jailing unofficial strikes hit most ports, pulling out some 35,000 dockers.
    • But, whatever the outcome, it is certain to have a huge impact on both the life of the docker and the future of their work at the port from thereon in.
    • When the stewards were sentenced to three months' imprisonment, the industrial action spread to include dockers, who closed the port of Belfast.
    • That, he said, would involve dockers and all other unionised workers in Belview Port.
    • In 1919, dockers in the city of Seattle refused to load arms for use against the recent Russian Revolution.
    • The dockers stopped nearly all work at the port.
    • Many of them were dockers who carried heavy loads of cargo while rushing in a great hurry.
    • They were mistrustful of the old labor hierarchy that had lost the power and will to improve the lives of rank-and-file dockers and sailors.
    • At one point 16,000 dockers organised mobile pickets and closed the docks along the Thames.
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